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Each year the Museum makes a direct appeal to our members, donors and supporters asking for an investment in a project of long-term importance. This year our appeal is an opportunity to tell our story with a museum on wheels. A replica ambulance and traveling exhibit. Talk about hands on! Find out more…

The diary and letters of Dr. Baer open a window into a little-known aspect of the American Civil War. Caleb Baer was born in Maryland and served in Missouri, both of which were border states with divided loyalties. Caleb served with Confederate forces, but his family members in Frederick County, Maryland, were staunch Union supporters. Never-before-published documents show a human side to the Civil War, including the toll the war took on families.

Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office is proud to be the recipient of a $5,000 grant from the Partners in Preservation Grant Campaign towards the restoration of the site. The Museum’s goal is to match the $5,000 grant in 30 days. Now through June 12th you can help us double the funds received!

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The War Horse and Their Generals
An equestrian’s dream. Artist Rebecca Pearl has painted more than 9 originals of the Gettysburg monuments to Generals and their mounts. Don’t miss this one of a kind Civil War experience — Art brings them to life.

2013 Membership Drive. Click here to learn more and help support our member funded Museum!! Our goal is to double the size of our membership program. Enjoy events, lectures, admission to three unique historical sites, participate in actual Civil War Experiences. Become a member today!

Four stellar living historians and museum professionals share their experience and expertise with professional and volunteer museum staff interested in improving their mid-Victorian medical impressions. We offer a rare opportunity to tour the Museum with its founder Dr. Gordon Dammann. He’ll expound on his unique perspective on artifacts currently on display from his original collection. 8:30am until 5pm. Programs, notebook, handouts, lunch and snacks included. Pre-registration required.

The 2nd annual Cigar and Whiskey Night on South Mountain at a private historic farm. Enjoy stories, stogies and sips of aqua vitae! Featuring Smooth Ambler Spirits and Catoctin Creek Distillery. This year, spend the night under our tent for an enhanced Civil War experience. Limited to 75 attendees – what a perfect Holiday Gift.

Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office was originally rediscovered by Richard Lyons of the General Services Administration (GSA) in 1996, when the building was scheduled for demolition. Located on 7th street, NW, Washington D.C., the site is the location where Clara Barton lived during and immediately after the Civil War.

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Author and historian Bob O’Connor will talk on the subject of his recent book, The U.S. Colored Troops at Andersonville Prison. Though Confederate officers and troops were infamous for giving no quarter to members of the United States Colored Troops, over one hundred black soldiers are known to have been held in the notorious Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia. Many would die there in captivity and their graves incorporated in Andersonville National Cemetery. Mr. O’Connor will give an account of these forgotten African-American prisoners and highlight the remarkable stories of a few USCT soldiers held in Andersonville. The NMCWM will...

Tracey McIntire and Dr. Audrey Scanlan-Teller will speak on the experiences of over four hundred women who disguised themselves as men to serve heroically in Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. The presentation will illuminate not only individual stories, but gender roles and military culture during the Civil War Era. Both speakers will themselves be authentically dressed as Civil War female soldiers. On Saturday afternoons in the month of March, the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office will host a free lecture series centered on the contributions of women in the Civil War. A full schedule will be posted...

The National Museum of Civil War Medicine hosts its Annual Civil War Medicine Living Historians Workshop, an all-day symposium on skills, knowledge, and resources valuable in providing quality living history programs to the public, specifically focused on medicine during the Civil War. Sessions will be hosted by members of the Blue and Gray Hospital Association, as well as other veteran living history interpreters and museum staff. Registration of the Living Historians Workshop is $60 for non-members and $50 for members and active volunteers, and includes lunch. Participants will be able to register online or by phone.